### 17.1 Obtaining tools for WinHelp

To generate WinHelp you need Microsoft Help Workshop, hcw.exe. However, this program is no longer available. If you have Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Help Workshop was reportedly included in that version. If you do not have access to Help Workshop, you must choose a Help output type other than WinHelp; see §16.1 Weighing Help-system alternatives.

To view WinHelp, users with systems running Windows Vista or Windows 7 will have to download a new WinHelp engine from Microsoft:

Windows Vista: | http://tinyurl.com/4pkahu2
Windows 7: | http://tinyurl.com/67qt76f

Note: The WinHelp engine, winhlp32.exe, cannot be distributed by third parties, so do not include it when you distribute a WinHelp system. Every installation of winhlp32.exe requires Microsoft validation.

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17.2 Setting up a WinHelp project

17.3 Converting text

17.4 Converting cross references

17.5 Converting tables to WinHelp RTF

17.6 Managing graphics for WinHelp

17.7 Configuring WinHelp topics

17.8 Creating jumps and pop-ups for WinHelp

17.9 Invoking WinHelp macros

17.10 Creating related-topic links in WinHelp

17.11 Configuring index entries for WinHelp

17.12 Configuring contents for WinHelp

17.13 Creating browse sequences